Senior Project Manager - Finance Solutions

Project Initiation

• Perform research and analysis.
• Identify organizational and process improvement opportunities.
• Define the project by describing the business needs, project benefits and stakeholders and by designing a project charter and a business case.
• Obtain the approval of the project.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.

Project Set-up and Plan

• Plan and schedule with related cost estimation and scope control responsibilities.
• Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities.
• Develop a roadmap for the team to follow.
• Organize the team and set goals.
• Review the projects benefits to support business-case process improvement.

Project Execution

• Launch the Project with dedicated kick-off.
• Assign resources.
• Manage the project team, driving motivation, collaboration and performance.
• Execute project management plans.
• Ensure Task assignments are executed.
• Organize Status meetings.
• Lead project team meetings effectively and communicate action plans and outcomes.
• Coordinate all project tasks and interdependencies.
• Modify project plans and update project schedule as needed.
• Develop and maintain all project documentation and ensure proper storage in line with internal control requirements.
• Ensure project is delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.

Project Steering

• Set up tracking systems.
• Track project metrics.
• Continually identify, prioritize and mitigate project risks.
• Track actual expenses with the project budget.
• Define, track, and report results of project milestones and success metrics through weekly, monthly and ad hoc reporting.
• Report to the Project stakeholders the project status with related Risks and Mitigation actions.

Project Closure

• Hold a post-mortem meeting to evaluate successes and failures.
• Create a project punchlist of things that did not get accomplished during the project and work with team members to complete them.
• Perform a final project budget and a final project report.
• Collect all project deliverables and documents and store them in a single place.

Key Skills

Communication

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Networking skills: Ability to liaise with members of other functions.
• Capability to influence others.
• Ability to work and communicate with different cultures, levels and organizations world-wide

Project Management

• Analytical skills.
• Ability to synthesize.
• Ability to consolidate large volume of data into structured and simple outputs.
• Arbitrate and prioritize.
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Solutions and results oriented.
• Openness and flexibility to address challenges from various perspectives in order to find the best possible way to manage the challenge.
• Organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.
• Ability to innovate and seek for advances in technology and practices.
• Ability to support and mentor other team members in the tasks undertaken.

Finance

• Finance Acumen
• Accounting proficiency